Best Video format to use for Windows

I am creating a CD ROM (for Windows) that will show 3D animation. I need to make sure that the animations will play on user's computers without any problems.
What is the best video format to use?

Flash video has no dependency on pre-installed players, so is often a good choice

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Best video format to encode for playback on iBook G4 1.2GHz?

I have been scratching my head for a week on this. What is the best video format that is highest quality and will playback smoothly on my iBook g4 and my iPhone 4? It has 1.25GB of RAM and I upgraded the HD to a WD 250GB 5400 RPM IDE drive 2 years ago and it's running dual boot Leopard 10.5.8 and Tiger 10.4.11 (keeping Tiger for Classic Mode).
I have a very large HD video collection consisting of 720p HD DVDs and 1080p Bluray discs that I have already spent a year to convert to MKV and MP4 files for storage on my media server. They have all been ripped and encoded with H264 using Handbrake. The average 720p movie is about 4.5GB and the average 1080p movies run about 8GB. I have over 100 movies stored on my media server and they playback fine on all my computers. They work fine on all my Windows 7 systems, they even play fine on my G5 2.0GHz DC late 2005 Powermac with 8.5GB Ram and the NVidia 7800GT.
Most of my 720p files can be reduced in size and or quality to 1-2GB and are playable on my iPhone 4, iPad 2 and even my little Acer Aspire One netbook in m4v or mp4 format.
I know my iBook is out of date, but no matter what compression method I have tried, the only thing it can play is MPEG-2 encoded media. And it cannot handle any h264 video I make, even at 480p settings using the simple profile. Since MPEG-2 takes 4-8GB per movie, this is a huge waste of HD space. And if I encode my movies like the old iPod video size, it looks like crap in full screen. I really want to store about 20 movies on this iBook for playback when I travel since I have 2 extra batteries. I need to movies to playback on the iBook and be able to transfer them to my iPhone 4 or iPad at any time.
Is there any method for getting 480p to encode and playback well on this iBook without making it look like crap or using the old DivX avi standard? If I have to reduce all my movies for playback on the iBook, I don't want to go lower than 480p because I want the same conversions to work on my iPhone 4 as well with decent quality. It is redundant to keep making copies of each movie for each device. Anyone have any suggestions? I don't want to take my little netbook around with me because the screen is too small and there is no opticle drive.
If anyone has any ideas, please post which Handbrake profile or other that can work... or let me know if my iBook is just garbage now. Thanks!

I am not asking you how to rip a DVD. I am asking how to convert any video file for decent playback on my iBook or iPhone!
This feature is available in iTunes so you can convert your DVDs to iPod playable formats. But when iTunes or Handbrake (or even Apple Compressor) convert anything, even my own videos made with Final Cut and iMovie, they will play on any iDevice other than my iBook unless I use the lowest most terrible video format.
I am just trying to figure out the proper video format the iBook can play. I am not ripping the DVD's right now... did that years ago anyways (and half of the videos I want to convert I made with iMovie during my travels in China and Hong Kong... I am just trying to play movies I already own on an older iDevice... my iBook. Converting purchased videos and home made videos is in no way illegal.
You misunderstand what I am asking. I am not trying to break digital copyright. If this is breaking digital copyright, then why does iTunes allow me to convert the movies for my iPhone 4 in the first place? You are telling me if I didn't purchase the movie from Apple I cannot watch it on my iPhone and iBook? That is not right.
I just want to know what the proper video playback requirements are for the iBook hardware. Plain and simple. If it is illegal in any way to tell me how to do it, just tell me what video my iBook supports. Apple tells me what video my iPhone supports ie. 1280x720p @ 29fps.... blah blah blah. Seems so far the iBook can only play a DVD MPEG-2 stream and no advanced codecs like h263 or h264. I just want to know what format the iBook can handle.
I have exported movies from iTunes and of my time in Hong Kong from iMovie and I cannot get them to play on the iBook at all if they are even 480p. So I just need to know what the max video playback is. If it can only play 320x240 or something, it is completely useless. I remember years ago when I bought the iBook, it did play the sample h263 and h264 videos that Apple had on their website (some of them 480p-720p)... but today it seems it can't play anything but 320x240 or less without getting locked up. I know the HD video requirements are G5 or higher... but we are talking DVD size cannot play in h264 mp4 formats, only MPEG-2 formats. This makes no sense? So I need to know the exact maximum resolution, framerate and codec this iBook 1.2 GHz can handle.
Don't tell my watching movies on my iBook, even the ones I made is illegal.

Best File Format to use for iTunes and MAC

I have always used the AAC Encoder set to 256 kbps to import my CDs to iTunes. In preparation for moving to a music server system in the future I want to re-import my CDs at the highest quality (uncompressed) format that I can.
Is my understanding correct that AIFF was developed for use with MAC and basically WAV for Windows? Would it be best for me to use AIFF? Should the settings be left at automatic or set to 16 bit, 44 khz and stereo?
I understand there is a way to take these uncompressed files and compress them later for transfer to my iPod. How is that done? If there are tutorials or other directions on this site or others please feel free to direct me to those. At this point I have not been able to find an answer to my specific questions.
Any other recommendations or suggestions is appreciated.
Thank You
Mike

Macs and iTunes will recognize and play both AIFF and WAV formats. If you want to play the files on Windows machines as well, I'd say use WAV encoding. In order to ensure the quality you want, change the setting from 'Automatic' to 16 Bit, 44.1khz stereo (this is industry standard).
When you want to compress the high quality WAVs, change the import settings to the desired format (mp3/aac etc). Then select the tracks you wish to compress and in the 'Advanced' menu, chose 'Convert selection to mp3/aac'. iTunes will then create duplicate tracks encoded to the desired format.
Hope this answers your question.

Best video format to ask for

We have a supplier video taping an event and they've asked me what video format I would like to receive for editing. What should I ask for? Obviously 1920 x 1080 but what other specs should I include?

PR422 is enough for HD. HQ is for 2K and 4x4 is for cinema and transparency.

Best target format to use for importing less-than-cinema-quality video?

I shot 4.5 hours of conference video on an AVCHD consumer camera. The original footage uses about 14.5 GB on the camera's SD card. The video was shot at 1440 x 1080, 16 x 9.
When I do a log and transfer, the files balloon to 250 GB and are saved as Apple ProRes 422 by default.
Since this is just conference footage, it doesn't to have the highest quality. I have no need for Apple ProRes 422.
If possible, here's what I'd like to do:
1) import it using a format that gives me at least the same quality as the original video
2) keep the file size as close as possible to the original file size
3) Keeps the original 1440 x 1080 size.
4) Is a format that can still be edited in the Final Cut 7 timeline.
5) Saves me the hassle of having to run Compressor on the huge 250GB files.

Thanks.
I tried LT setting. It created files about 30% smaller than those created with the normal ProRes setting. So instead of 250 GB, I have 160 GB files. Better, but I was hoping more like 20 GB files.
I'm going to try giving iMovie a shot and see what kind of file it generates.
What I'm mostly interested in doing is providing an archival copy of the full video for historical purposes. Something that could fit on a couple of DVDs or placed on a hard drive or cloud storage system without eating up huge amounts of space. Also, something a historian could reasonably be expected to open 20 years from and have it still look reasonably good on his/her 6000 x 4000 monitor.

What is the best video format to use with Dreamweaver CS5.5

My client has asked what format to convert their video to before sending it to me to be placed on their homepage. I'm using DreamWeaver CS5.5 with an HTML5 template - trying to steer clear of Flash for this new site. On other sites, I embed videos from their hosting site (YouTube, SchoolTube, etc).
My question to the forum is what is the best way (and prefered format) now days to insert a video onto a webpage using DreamWeaver CS5.5 and HTML5. I have the Adobe Web Premium package.

In the chapter on video in Dive Into HTML5 it says this:
There is no single combination of containers and codecs that works in all HTML5 browsers.
This is not likely to change in the near future.
To make your video watchable across all of these devices and platforms, you’re going to need to encode your video more than once.
And a suggested workflow:
For maximum compatibility, here’s what your video workflow will look like:
Make one version that uses WebM (VP8 + Vorbis).
Make another version that uses H.264 baseline video and AAC “low complexity” audio in an MP4 container.
Make another version that uses Theora video and Vorbis audio in an Ogg container.
Link to all three video files from a single <video> element, and fall back to a Flash-based video player.
I think that your starting point is to consider your target audience.
Martin
http://diveintohtml5.info/video.html

Best Video Format, Bitrate & Resolution for X-Fi2

I recently got my X-Fi2 and I want to watch videos at full quality on the screen at the lowest possible file size to maintain plenty of room for other stuff like music or more films, so before I start converting films, would anyone recommend the best conversion settings to do this (highest bitrate before you start to notice no quality difference, same goes for resolution)

So far I haven't even been able to get Creative's converter to work. It crashes whenever I attempt to convert a file. (So, those of you who wonder why on earth we'd even think of not using Creative's software, well... without mincing words: It's pretty much crap at this point.)
After some tinkering and a few initial crashes (grrrr.....) I've managed to get Creative Centrale to successfully rip the main movie file off several DVDs in what appears to be a nice quality .mpg2 format.
I use Format Factory (a free video conversion app) to convert these 5 to 6 GB files to a managable size for the Zen X-Fi2.
So far, the format that seems to play the best and smoothest is an AVI file with MPEG4 compression using the DivX codec. (I'm not very audio/visually literate, so I hope I'm explaining this correctly...) Basically an .avi file with MPEG4(DivX) encoding.
Though the Zen X-Fi2 has a widescreen, it seems to default any 640x480 or 320x240 files (with no internal widescreen/anamorphic tags) to the center of the screen - like 4:3 television on a 6:9 set. That basically means any widescreen files saved in this format may end up having black empty space all the way around on the top, bottom, left, AND right.
So, saving the above (widescreen) ripped DVD files to a 480x272 size works out really well. (Or 640x364 if you want a little higher resolution for when you connect your player to a TV.) This ensure the movie will fill the screen from left to right and leave black bars only at the top and bottom for those big, theatrical widescreen movies. (2.35: ratio or whatever...)
I also noticed that the file size difference from the lower to higher resolution is almost neglible. (Did this with my Lord of the Rings Extended Edition DVDs.)
The first time I converted The Fellowship of the Ring (Disc ), I used a video bitrate transfer of 52 KB/s. The size of the file was about 460 MB. It worked, but there was a fair amount of "pixelly" video and artifacting. I tried again using 024 KB/s for the video stream transfer and the video looks really, really nice. The final size was close to 890 MB and 640x364 resolution. I tried one more time at that same bitrate, but lowered the resolution way down to 400x228 and the size was of the new file was still 840 MB. So, the video bitrate transfer has a much heavier influence on the size and quality than the choice of resolution.
So, my personal recommendations for nice quality videos on your Zen X-Fi2:
.avi file, encoded as MPEG4(DivX)
640x364 (or even 480x272) -- only about 40 or 50 MB of difference in file size here)
024 video bitrate transfer (768 or even 52 if you don't mind some artifacting and blockiness and would rather have smaller files)
24 fps
28 KB/s audio bitrate (for nice sound)
2 audio channels
All this from a guy who's just figuring this out as he goes along...

Was wondering what is the best video converter to use for iMac.

I have some videos taken with a JVC Everio camcorder and want to download them on my new IMac. Would like some suggestions for free video vonverters. Thanks.

I'd try MPEG Streamclip.
http://www.squared5.com/svideo/mpeg-streamclip-mac.html
Matt

What video format to use for imovie

How do I convert the video so that I can import it?

You need to tell us the specs for the video i.e. fps, aspect ratio, container, encoder etc.

What is the best image format to use for importing images into a Pages document?

Image quality is good in photoshop. I am currenlty saving as .tiff at 300 dpi but when I import the image in the resolution diminishes radically.

I like to use .png or .pdf.

Best video format

What is the best video format to use with iDVD (by best i mean the closest i can get to HD quality)

Hi
And if to be edited first
• do not use iMovie'08 or 09 or 11 - but -
• iMovie up to HD6 or FinalCut any version
as the last ones can handle interlaced video - first ones can not - they only deliver every second line over to iDVD.
DVD is as standard only SD-Video and can not do anything better whatever program used. So losing 50% of the picture is a great loss.
Yours Bengt W

Best video format for converting DVD to NAS for widely sharing

Summary: The article shows you with an easy workaround for
copying DVD to NAS for streaming by ripping DVD to NAS friendly video
format on Mac and Windows
I recently purchased a NAS to store all my music/photos etc on. I
can stream stuff to my iPhone/iPad using the NAS software. What I want
to do is rip all my DVDs (over 400) to my NAS, but I’m not sure which
format to do it in, to play nice with my Apple TV2, Xbox 360, iPhone,
iPad etc. I wanna get some advice as to what format to rip in and what
software to use?
Learn some tips from online, I got know that to copy dozens of DVD movies to NAS,
you need to get the content off the DVD disc as a protection-free and
easily readable element for NAS. In this case, at the first place
powerful third-party software for backup DVD to NAS is what you need.
There are many, many DVD ripping tools on the market. I’ve tired a pile of them.
Brorsoft DVD Ripper
is the best one I’ve tried yet. It is capable of ripping DVD to MP4,
AVI, MKV for NAS streaming with no quality loss; it also enables you to
copy DVD main movies for backup onto NAS in .vob format. And what I’ve
learned is that MP4 would be one best target format for it is fully
compatible with nearly all media devices including iPad, iPhone, PS3,
Apple TV, etc. If you are running on Mac OS X, turn to DVD Ripper for Mac. If you haven’t got the software, download it now and let’s start the conversion.
Ripping and copying DVDs to NAS
1. Launch the DVD ripping program for NAS devices . Then
click "Load DVD" to import the DVD files you want to convert. To select
the subtitles you like, simply click Subtitle and select the one you
prefer. P.S. Before start the conversion, you can choose to backup DVD mian movies.
2. Click Format bar and choose your desired format. To store
hundreds of DVD's on NAS, you can rip DVD to .mp4, or .avi, .mkv, etc
compressed format. And click Settings bar, you can adjust the level of
compression to suit the quality you want.
Tip: If you like, you can click “Settings” to change the
video encoder, resolution, frame rate, etc. as you wish. Keep in mind
the file size and video quality is based more on bitrate than resolution
which means bitrate higher results in big file size, and lower visible
quality loss, and vice versa.
3. Press the "Convert" button to start ripping DVD for NAS streaming.
After the conversion, click Open button to find the output files.
Make sure the wireless network connection is accessible among the NAS
and Apple TV, PS3, HD TV or other media players. Then just enjoy the
high quality DVD movies anywhere anytime.
[quote] movies-videos-convert-tips.overblog.com/2014/02/ripping-dvds-to-nas-how-to-copy-dvd-to-nas-for-streaming.html [/quote]

I've always found encoding with Handbrake and choosing the Apple TV2 preset is an excellent place to start and video encoded using that preset will work on my iPhone 4, 4S and iPad 2.
If the files encoded using that preset are too big for one's taste they can always encoded at a lower average bit rate rather than using the default 'Constant Quality' of 20.
Later on I'm sure the Handbrake group will have an AppleTV '3' preset supporting the 1080p format supported by the ATV3 and iPad '3' but using such a preset would not create a file usable on the iPad 2 or the iPhones.

Which register cleaner or tune up software is the best to use for windows vista,windows 7 and windows 8.1 as professional?

hi,
I like to know wich register cleaner or tune up software is the best to use for windows vista- windows7- and windows 8.1.
I like to know the proffesional version of it which I can use for my clients every where unlimitted to clean unwanted keys of registry and improve performance.(specialy in Dutch language).
thanks
johan
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I second what Kate Li said. There's no need for a registry cleaner! Don't do it! I run Windows systems for years and they keep running as light and fast as when they're new.
What I *do* recommend is regularly reviewing the list of programs set to run in the background using a tool to show you what starts in various ways called Autoruns, which can be found here:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx
This tool can be used to disable things you don't need.
-Noel
Detailed how-to in my eBooks:
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What is the best high res image file format to use for print

Dear All,
I'm working on a 300 + page catalog, and I was wondering what would be the best image format to use on the catalog. I thought png was the best since it supports background transparency and all, but for some reason I'm not able to export it once I change the image to CMYK ( since I need CMYK for print ). Should I save all in eps. instead? Please help would be appreciated.
thanks,
Jack

.psd is the best... supports everything you would want for print. PDF does also, but takes a little more knowledge to use properly.
.png is recommended when using Word etc.
EPS is obsolete.

What is the best video format to stream my movies?

So I was just curious as or what the best video format would be to stream movies from my personal cloud to my device. The reason I ask is because I have the 32GB mode and alas I do not want to copy movies over only to delete them later. Plus I would have access to them on all my devices (PC, windows, and android....soon a Mac mini) currently I have them in the .avi format because it just would not make sense to have four different formats uploaded to ,my four terabyte personal cloud especially when I own hundreds of DVDs. Now I noticed that there is a bit of pixelation on my iPad Air when streaming, my upload speed is like 5mbps and download is close to 25mbps. I have several other devices communicating with my router, but they are inactive..so to say. The connection strength is strong (on my desk next to my bed. Speaking of streaming my movies how do I clear the actual cache (may not be called that on Apple). Thought it was on settings, but alas I was unable to find it.

As long as your video is transferred via Firewire into a DV AVI type 2 file (I don't know your camera) your edit footable is the best you can get
If what you want to create is a DVD, you already have Encore bundled with PrPro (I have the CS3 version of both)
Simply export as DV AVI and give that file to Encore... then tell Encore to use the AUTOMATIC setting when creating the DVD
Otherwise, work through all of the steps here http://ppro.wikia.com/wiki/Troubleshooting
If your problem isn't fixed, report back with the DETAILS asked for in the questions at the end of that link

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